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Sunday, October 17, 2010

Ventura County, CA. Former Home Owners Reclaim Foreclosed Property

Ventura County, CA. Former Home Owners Reclaim Foreclosed Property
One possible outcome of the foreclosure crisis could be a fight between former owners of foreclosed homes and lenders.

An example of what might become a larger trend happened in Simi Valley, California, where a couple and their nine children used a crowbar to break into their former home. Their lawyer recommended that they take this step, according to AOL’s HousingWatch.com

The former owners, Jim and Danielle Earl, say they were trying to catch up with their payments when the lender sold the property to Conejo Capital Partners.

The Earls say it’s unclear what entity owns the loan. Housing Watch says the original lender was Washington Mutual, which became JPMorgan Chase. The Earls say that Chase failed to properly assume the loan and didn’t have the right to sell it, nor could Conejo Capital Partners legally sell it.

The Earls’ attorney, Michael Pines, told the Ventura newspaper, “They may claim we’re violating the law. We’re claiming they violated the law. Typically the authorities will say this is a civil dispute, but the question is, who owns the home? Because whoever doesn’t is trespassing.”
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Emily Peck (10/13/2010)

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Banks Pressured to Fix Foreclosure ProblemsBanks are under increasing pressure to fix the foreclosure mess as analysts predict dire consequences and investors sell off bank stocks.

“The nation has been in denial about the scope of the problem, and it’s now just being revealed,” says Janet Tavakoli, founder of Tavakoli Structured Finance Inc., a financial consulting firm. “This is a huge crisis for our country.”

Harvard Law School visiting professor Katherine Porter, who investigated foreclosures in 2007, says lenders should agree to modify loans and avoid lawsuits. “From the beginning, mass modifications would have been better and I still think they’d be cost-saving,” she says.

Principal reductions could lead to “huge losses” for banks, says James Ellman, president of hedge fund Seacliff Capital. “You could potentially be talking about hundreds of billions of dollars in losses.”
Source: Bloomberg, Dakin Campbell and Christine Harper (10/15/2010)

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Chris B. Johnson REALTOR® Specializes in Luxury Estates and Home Auctions. Your home is probably the biggest asset you own. This is why you should hire a professional to guide you through all your real estate transactions. My goal is to help 24 to 28 families each year either buy or sell a home. I am NOT interested in Selling 100 or 200 homes a year because I would not be able to give each family the time, attention and energy they deserve. I believe in Quality, NOT Quantity.